The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Front-End Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 145 144 152
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 8 11 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.254% 0.318% 0.201%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.268% 0.337% 0.212%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 7
Average salary £38,000 £32,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.03% -6.42%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Front-End Developer
UK

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Front-End Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Front-End Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the Scotland region.

Scotland Front-End Developer Salary Trend

Front-End Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Front-End Developer Salary Histogram

Front-End Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +7 4 £61,750 -
Glasgow -27 2 £33,500 +2.29%
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Front-End Developer
UK

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Front-End Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Front-End Developer in their job title.

1 25 (100.00%) CSS
2 23 (92.00%) JavaScript
3 21 (84.00%) HTML
4 20 (80.00%) jQuery
5 18 (72.00%) HTML5
6 15 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
7 13 (52.00%) MVC
8 11 (44.00%) PHP
8 11 (44.00%) Android
8 11 (44.00%) Apple iOS
8 11 (44.00%) Sass
9 9 (36.00%) LESS
9 9 (36.00%) Internet
9 9 (36.00%) Python
10 8 (32.00%) UNIX
10 8 (32.00%) Unit Testing
10 8 (32.00%) TDD
11 7 (28.00%) Ajax
11 7 (28.00%) .NET
11 7 (28.00%) CSS3
12 6 (24.00%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (24.00%) PhoneGap
12 6 (24.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
12 6 (24.00%) Java
12 6 (24.00%) XML
12 6 (24.00%) QA
12 6 (24.00%) Games
12 6 (24.00%) JSON
12 6 (24.00%) Git (software)
13 5 (20.00%) Visual Studio

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Front-End Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Front-End Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (100.00%) CSS
2 21 (84.00%) HTML
3 20 (80.00%) jQuery
4 18 (72.00%) HTML5
5 11 (44.00%) Sass
6 9 (36.00%) LESS
7 7 (28.00%) Ajax
7 7 (28.00%) .NET
7 7 (28.00%) CSS3
8 6 (24.00%) XML
8 6 (24.00%) JSON
9 4 (16.00%) Web Services
10 3 (12.00%) J2EE
11 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
11 2 (8.000%) Ext JS
11 2 (8.000%) Sencha Touch
11 2 (8.000%) WebSockets
12 1 (4.000%) Modernizr
12 1 (4.000%) AngularJS
12 1 (4.000%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (24.00%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (8.000%) Lightstreamer
3 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.000%) Drupal
3 1 (4.000%) Magento
3 1 (4.000%) CMS
3 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) PhoneGap
1 6 (24.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
1 6 (24.00%) Git (software)
2 5 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (12.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (4.000%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.000%) JIRA
4 1 (4.000%) Subversion
4 1 (4.000%) Maven
4 1 (4.000%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (24.00%) Games
2 3 (12.00%) Publishing
3 2 (8.000%) Finance
3 2 (8.000%) Banking
4 1 (4.000%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Blackberry
1 2 (8.000%) Data Integration
1 2 (8.000%) iPad
2 1 (4.000%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.000%) E-Learning
2 1 (4.000%) Blog
2 1 (4.000%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Android
1 11 (44.00%) Apple iOS
2 8 (32.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (52.00%) MVC
3 8 (32.00%) Unit Testing
3 8 (32.00%) TDD
4 3 (12.00%) Web Development
5 2 (8.000%) Web Usability
6 1 (4.000%) Progressive Enhancement
6 1 (4.000%) Build Automation
6 1 (4.000%) Content Management
6 1 (4.000%) Scrum
6 1 (4.000%) Change Management
6 1 (4.000%) OO
6 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (44.00%) PHP
3 9 (36.00%) Python
4 6 (24.00%) Java
5 2 (8.000%) C#
5 2 (8.000%) SQL
5 2 (8.000%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.000%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) Sybase
1 2 (8.000%) Zend
1 2 (8.000%) Sencha
Stirling, Scotland
The skills required for this role are as follows - Web Application development in Java and/or PHP ActionScript/Flash user-interface development Web services HTML/CSS It would...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013